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Where does “nunc stans” come from?

nunc stans (English) comes from Latin nunc, from Latin num, from Latin quid, from Proto-Italic kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.

nunc stans (English): Eternal :existence as an attribute of God

Definitions

  1. Eternal :existence as an attribute of God

Ancestry of “nunc stans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnuncnow
2Latinnumnow; a particle usually expecting a negation;...
3Latinquidneuter nominative/accusative singular of quis;...
4Proto-Italickʷid—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷídneuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷíswho, what; who, which, that; which, what
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷi-interrogative base
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